JD Vance stunningly linked to story behind Trump’s press ban

The White House is responding after a new report identified Vice President JD Vance as the anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories cited to justify barring Politico from the complex The Trump administration on Tuesday had cited six alleged offenses in a letter backing its ban of Politico from White House grounds. The letter cites a Politico article from June 2026 , which quotes a “senior administration official” who details a preliminary deal with Iran is close but not done, giving it odds between 80% and 85%. The White House went on to claim that the news organization had violated professional standards — describing the specific instance as an example of the “publication of sensitive security information” and “misinformation about national security information.” “The spread of misinformation, especially relating to national security, is a threat that undermines the President’s ability to safeguard the national security,” the administration said in the letter, one of three the federal government submitted in court Tuesday in defense of its ban of Politico, along with CNN and MS NOW. But Status reported Wednesday that the unnamed official who was mentioned was Vance.

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